KHH is Kimberly Hatch Harrison

I'm a former research biologist, and a former classroom teacher. Now I am the head writer and producer at Socratica - a company dedicated to making beautiful educational materials. Look for our videos on YouTube and our apps on the Google play store!

They sent it to me free in return for my honest review (FTC disclosure).

Well, I tried it and it sort of worked. The clicker worked, no problem. But the dog whistle I could actually hear with my own ears. I’m pretty sure it’s not supposed to work that way. We’re tossing the dog whistle. I think it’s probably mis-aligned, because I twisted it lots of different ways and it still made a whistling sound that I could hear. The dog was nonplussed.

The clicker, on the other hand, is a keeper for sure. Oh, it works fine for dog training. But it REALLY works for recording voice-overs.

When we do VO work, of course we sometimes stumble. We edit out all those mistakes before we put together the visuals to make the final video. That can be tedious, listening carefully for mistakes and watching the waveforms to see exactly where the mistakes are.

This is the FIRST EPISODE of our new series on How to Be a Great Student! In this episode, we learn about the CORNELL METHOD.

This is a great method for taking notes in class (or from your textbook, or watching a video). There’s no way to remember every word of a lecture. But taking great lecture notes is the first step to getting good grades and being a great student.

The most important rule is don’t write down every word. Listen carefully, then write simplified and abbreviated phrases that capture the main ideas.

When you get home, RE-READ your notes! Proofread them, making corrections as needed before you forget. Check your notes with a friend! In the margin, write brief headers that will cue your memory of each section of your notes.

Finally, write a summary at the bottom of the page so you can quickly tell what this page of notes is all about.

Do you have a different method of taking notes? Let us know what are your favourite study tips in the comments!

Many people use a large frame and suspend a camera overhead in order to do overhead shots. It’s one thing if you’re using a GoPro, but this isn’t something you really want to do with a larger camera with a nice lens. Other drawbacks include the amount of space an overhead frame takes up, and the fact that the camera is not easily accessible. You can’t zoom in during a shot unless you have a sophisticated remote control setup. You can’t easily move the camera from its fixed position, which limits the kind of filmmaking you can do (no pans, tilts, or slider shots).

Today on Socratica Backstage, you can watch how we mounted a large mirror in order to do better overhead shots. We immediately put it to use, filming B Roll and Insert shots for our first video in the Study Tips series, “How to Take Great Notes.”

We release our Backstage Videos early to our Patreon Supporters. Thank you for being our super-fans! Your support means so much to us.

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